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Originally Posted by Format C:
In the world there are billions of workers who are compensated every month (or week) without being protected by copyright. From bricklayers to top executives.
What makes you think that artists and writers cannot be paid like every other working person in the world?
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The difference is because the bricklayers and executives are doing what they are told for the benefit of a single entity(their boss or their company for example). For their labour they are compensated by the entity that is directly benefiting from that labour.
On the other hand, the artist is creating their own work from their own ideas and this work can and is enjoyed by many people over and over. They therefore do, and should, retain control over its' distribution. Furthermore, those people directly benefiting from the artists labour(the audience enjoying the book for example) are, and should be, required to make reasonable payment for said benefit.
Cheers,
PKFFW